East African Poetry And Drama Question Paper
East African Poetry And Drama
Course:Bachelor Of Education (Arts)
Institution: Kabarak University question papers
Exam Year:2011
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KABARAK UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
2010/2011 ACADEMIC YEAR
FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION ARTS
LITE 211: EAST AFRICAN POETRY AND DRAMA
DAY: TUESDAY DATE: 09/08/2011
TIME: 9.00 – 11.00 A.M. STREAM: Y2S1
INSTRUCTIONS:
? Answer Three Questions: One from Section 1 is and TWO questions in Section 2
SECTION 1: GENERAL
1. Evaluate the phenomenon of „the Okot school and poetic tradition? in East African poetry
(30 marks)
2. Discuss the treatment of the theme of struggle for freedom in either Ibrahim Hussein?s Kinjeketile or
Adrian Onyando?s Taming the Wild or Ngugi wa Thiong?o?s and Micere Githae Mugo?s The
Trial of Dedan Kimathi. (30 marks)
SECTION 2: POETRY
3. EITHER a) „African feminism tends to highlight and re-evaluate attitudes and misconceptions
about women with a view to changing institutionalized subjugation and oppression of
women.? Discuss this statement with reference to Micere Githae Mugo?s My Mother?s Song
and Other Poems. (20 marks)
4. EITHER a) In what ways does the studying of oral literature help us read either Song of
Lawino or The Epic of Gor Mahia (20 marks)
OR b) Discuss how B.S. Tibenderana?s “The Bastard” and Henry Barlow?s “Building the
Nation” capture the collapsing morality in modern East African states. (20 mks)
5. Examine the use of symbols and imagery in the poetry of either Jonathan Kariara or Jared
Angira. (20 marks)
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SECTION 3: DRAMA
6. Discuss how effectively John Ruganda uses Kyeyune as a witness character to Uganda?s
postcolonial society in The Floods. (20 marks)
7. “Imbuga?s success as a dramatist stems from his choice of topical social and political themes
and his fusion of English and elements of modern drama with African idioms such as
proverbs, sayings and dance, which appeal to the tastes and sensibilities of local
communities.” (Simon Gikandi and Evan Mwangi, 2007). Discuss this view with reference to
any of Imbuga?s plays. (20 mks)
8. Discuss the concerns of any East African dramatist (excluding the titles mentioned above)
you have studied in this course. (20 marks)
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